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Tables of Contents for The Right to Bear Arms
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Series Foreword
ix
Preface and Acknowledgments
xix
Introduction
1
12
What the Second Amendment Says
6
3
Outline of the Book
9
3
References and Further Reading
12
1
Origins
13
36
The British Heritage
13
2
The Colonial Experience
15
5
The Constitution
20
3
The Federalist-Antifederalist Debate
23
1
The Bill of Rights
24
4
The Decline of the Old Militia System
28
4
Supreme Court Rulings
32
6
Other Court Rulings
38
4
The Textbook View
42
1
Conclusion
42
1
References and Further Reading
43
6
Twentieth-Century Issues
49
40
Alternate Views
51
8
The ``Right of Revolution,''
59
3
Spreading Arguments in the Media
62
2
Seeking Shelter under the Fourteenth Amendment
64
7
The Second Amendment and Politics
71
10
Rights Talk
81
3
Conclusion
84
1
References and Further Reading
85
4
The Twenty-first Century
89
42
The Brady Law, the Assault Weapons Ban, and Beyond
90
12
The New Militia Movement
102
8
Recent Court Actions
110
5
Escalating Second Amendment Rhetoric
115
11
Conclusion
126
1
References and Further Reading
127
4
Key People, Cases, and Events
131
24
Documents
155
80
The Calling Forth Act of 1792
156
3
The Uniform Militia Act of 1792
159
6
United States v. Cruikshank (1876)
165
24
Presser v. Illinois (1886)
189
11
United States v. Miller (1939)
200
6
Quilici v. Village of Morton Grove (1982)
206
12
State Right-to-Bear-Arms Provisions
218
9
Major Party Platforms on Gun Control
227
8
Chronology
235
8
Table of Cases
243
4
Annotated Bibliography
247
10
Index
257
6
About the Author
263